Farm chatter

[HappyDuckie]

Do you have a scale? You could weigh her.

I only have a normal scale for people. I think I’d need a food scale to weigh her.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I only have a normal scale for people. I think I’d need a food scale to weigh her.

Maybe.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My silkie hen is a lot smaller than my bantam silkie cockerel. She probably weighs less than a pound.

I'm gonna have throw mine on the scale. She's lighter then all my other silkies.

 

[HappyDuckie]

I'm gonna have throw mine on the scale. She's lighter then all my other silkies.

The other day it was raining really hard, and my hen got soaked. With all her fluff down, she was just a bit bigger than my OEGB.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Really? Well they made their appearance anyway.

Yep. I guess so.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The other day it was raining really hard, and my hen got soaked. With all her fluff down, she was just a bit bigger than my OEGB.

Yeah.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I’m going to be right back. Checking for eggs.

 

[black_cat]

To hold a chicken:
Approach the chicken from its right side. Put your thumbs over the wing and 3 middle fingers around its chest. Move your ring fingers a little under the crop area, in front of the chickens leg. Then, place your little fingers behind the chickens leg. Now pick the chicken up and pull it to your chest. Let go with your right hand and wrap it around the chickens body with your hand supporting behind the chickens legs. Now you are holding a chicken.

I approach from behind, and reach down with a hand on each wing and the legs between my middle and ring fingers. Then I sometimes transfer the chicken to rest against my chest, so I have a free hand.

 

[black_cat]

No. That would be cool though! I like to talk about myself (and my chickens! )

Same! My status as 'mildly helpful but mostly a nuisance' means I probably won't get an interview ever lol

 

[HappyDuckie]

I just walk up be behind them and s w o o p